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H. S. COOK.

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No. 310,255. .Patented Jan. 6,1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARVEY S. ooox, or BOSTON, HASSAOHUSETTS.

BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,255, dated January 6, 1885.

Application tiled December 31, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY S. COOK, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Mantel-Bedsteads, of which the following is a description Sufliciently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the Same,'referenoe being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiication, in which Figure l is an isometrical perspective view representing my improved bedstead opened or let down for use, and Fig. 2 a vertical transverse section of the same.

Like letters and gures of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

The object of this invention is to provide an economical structure which will serve the double functions of a -mantel and a bedstead.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with suc-h matters from the following explanation, its extreme simplicity rendering an elaborate description unnecessary.

In the drawings, A represents the casing, and B the frame or bedstead proper. The casing'inay be portable, or may be pern'lanently fixed in the room, as desired, and consists of the bottom C, 'upright ends D, and top or mantel E, the top being provided with a back, G.

The bedstead proper consists of the side rails, H H, and end rails, J J, which are properly and permanently framed together, as shown.

Arranged horizontally in the ends l), and passing through the end rails, J, near their inner ends, is a rod, K, on which the frame B is pivoted or journaled, this rod also serving in place of legs for the support of the rear side of Said frame. A iixed auxiliary supporting and stop rod, L, is also Supported in the ends D, this rod being arranged parallel with the rod K, and disposed below the rails J, but nearer the front edges of said ends than the rod K, s0 that the frame may be readily turned up when the bed is not in use. A rod, lll, is also journaled horizontally in the outer ends of the rails J in parallelism with the rods K L, its ends being elongated and bent downwardly to form the legs N N. The lixed rod L is bent downward at its center, forming a looped arm, m, and the rod M is also bent downward at its center, forming a crank, m', opposite the arm m of the rod L. A link, P, connects the arm m and crank m', being jointed so a-s to move freely thereon.

In the use of my improved bedstead, as the frame B is let down or into the position shown in Fig. l, the arm m of the rod L being iinmovable, the link P, attached thereto by its inner end, will act upon the crank m of the rod M to partially rotate said last-named rod and bring the legs N into a vertical position as they'touch the floor, or when the rails J arrive atahorizontal position, in a manner which will be readily obvious without a more ex plicit description.

rIn folding the frame B into the body or case A when the bed is not in use, as the outerrail, H, rises the rod P will depress the crank m of the rod M, thereby partially rotating said rod and causing the legs N to be turned inwardly against the sides of the rails J.

Vhen the frame B is turned up and closed, its lower side rests against the auxiliary Sup porting and stop rod L, whereby said frame is held in upright position and prevented from falling against and marring the wall, as would be the ease when the back is not boarded up. This rod serves also as an auxiliary support for the bed-frame when open.

The frame B is provided with a sack, f, for supporting a mattress; but any other means for this purpose may be employed.

A curtain may also be employed for concealing the frame when it is folded into the case.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is- The combination, in a mantel-bedstead, of a casing provided with a mantel, a supportingrod extending between the ends of said casing, a swinging bed-frame supported at its inner side by said rod, and pivoted to swing thereon, a iixed rod extending between the ends of said casing in front of said supporting-rod, and provided with a downward-bent arm, a swiveling rod having its bearings in the end rails of said bed-frame, near the outer .side thereof, said swiveling rod being provided with legs at its outer ends and with an intermediate crank, and a link connecting said arm of the iixed rod with said crank of the swiveling rod, substantially as described. Vitnesses: HARVEY S. COOK,

G. A. SHAW, L. J. WHITE.

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